As part of La Nuit des Idées 2025, the Rencontres des jeunes francophones @Istanbul – Terra Nostra brought together high school students from Pierre Loti around eight themes inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The event also welcomed students from the Saint Joseph, Saint Benoît, Sainte Pulchérie, Notre-Dame de Sion, Galatasaray and Küçük Prens high schools in Istanbul, as well as the Charles De Gaulle high school in Ankara.

Mr Guillaume Mouette, Head of the School, and Mr Valentin Rodriguez, Cultural Attaché and Deputy Director of the Istanbul branch of the French Institute, inaugurated this 4th edition, which was held under the theme ‘Power to act’.